On the 16th of October 1838, in Tocco, district of Chieti, province of Abruzzo, appeared Felice Antonio Raulli, 26, shoemaker, presented a male baby, named Raffaele, born of Domenica Santillo, 24, living in Tocco. Raffaele was born on the 15th October at 5 pm. He was baptized on the 16th of October by the pastor of the mother church [Martyr Parish of Saint Eustace] in Tocco.

Guess what else! When I added Raffaele's birth information (15 Oct 1838) to my RootsMagic program, I saw that Angelica Raulli, Raffaele's sister, was born 22 September 1838---something is wrong. I checked Raffaele's birth record and the year of birth is 1833. My excuse: when I wrote the translation, I had 1833, however, when I typed the information for this website, in haste, I mistook the last 3 for an 8.

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